Category Archives: Laila Peak

Laila Peakis a mountain inHushe ValleynearGondogoro Glacierin theKarakoramrange. Located inGilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, it has an elevation of 6,096 metres (20,000 ft). It has a distinctive spear-like shape and its northwest face has a slope of 45 degrees in more than 1500 vertical metres.

It has been climbed bySimon Yates, among others. According to the local people inHushe, Laila peak has been climbed only twice, a total of only seven people have summited.

It was climbed in winter for the first time by Spanish mountaineers Alex Txikon and José Fernandez, in February 2013.

The height of the Laila peak in Hushe Valley is controversial. Some believe it to be 6200 metres whereas some mention it as 6614 metres. In a Japanese mountaineering map by Tsuneo Miyamori (published in 2003), the height of Laila Peak is mentioned as 6096 metres.

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